Posts In: Intestines

Why am I so cold?

January 16, 2018


Everyone feels cold sometimes, but some people are perpetually chilled to a point where it interferes with their lives.

From a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, there are two different kinds of cold in the body: full cold and empty cold. Full cold refers to a condition where there is an excess of cold-type energy in the body leading to a feeling of cold, and most likely other health problems, as well. The other kind of cold is empty cold. This means there is not an abundance of cold energy but rather a weakness of the warm fiery energy. When there isn’t enough warmth in the body, you will feel cold – not because the cold is so strong, but because you don’t have enough fire to balance it out.

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The large intestine is responsible for absorbing water from indigestible food and transporting the useless waste material out of the body. This is the second to the last part of the digestive tract in the human body. However, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Large Intestine is considered to be a functionally defined entity, not an organ. (more…)

A study conducted by researchers at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and published by the Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, revealed the possible mechanism by which acupuncture treats Crohn’s Disease. This mechanism had been previously unknown, although studies concluded acupuncture and moxibustion can relieve intestinal inflammation in patients suffering from the disease. This study identified there are two subsets of T-lymphocytes, Th17 and Treg cells, that are involved in the development of Crohn’s Disease and that acupuncture and moxibustion can help restore the balance between the cells, which could lead to a breakthrough in treatment of the disease.

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The Small Intestine is part of the gastrointestinal tract. It is comprised of three separate parts, the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum. The Small Intestine measures upwards of six to seven meters long and comprises a surface area of over 200 meters. It is estimated that 90 percent of the digestion and absorption of food occurs in the Small Intestine and its main function is the absorption of minerals and nutrients from the food we ingest.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) is one of the oldest medical traditions , tracing its roots back more than two thousand years. Chinese Medicine treats the patient holistically, and focuses on the cause as well as the symptoms. Hence diet and nutrition are very important part of treating a patient. Therefore it is not surprising that Acupuncture has been shown to be effective at treating a wide variety of ailments, including digestive issues.
Science is proving what TCM practitioners have known for centuries, our digestive health is vital for the cells of the body to function optimally.

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